Re: [xsl] Expanding Ranges

[Ganesh Babu N <nbabuganesh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hai,

Thanks for the code. But how to get $start and $end when "-" is there
between tags.

Please help me.

Regards,
Ganesh


On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In XSLT 2.0 if you have the start and end of the range as integers $start
> and $end, you can do
>
> <xsl:value-of select="for $i in $start to $end return concat('fig', $i)"/>
>
> In 1.0 you have to do a call on a named template that calls itself
> recursively to process each number in the sequence.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ganesh Babu N [mailto:nbabuganesh@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 19 March 2009 12:31
>> To: XSL
>> Subject: [xsl] Expanding Ranges
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> My input is like below: the <cross-ref> tags are not
>> continues it will come in between the content.
>>
>> <links>
>> <p>some text  <cross-ref><cr refid="MEPRfig2"> 2</cr>-<cr
>> refid="MEPRfig4">4</cr></cross-ref> some text <cross-ref><cr
>> refid="MEPRfig1">Figures 1</cr> and <cr
>> refid="MEPRfig3">3</cr></cross-ref> some text</p>
>>
>> <p><cross-ref><cr refid="MEPRtbl1">1</cr>-<cr
>> refid="MEPRtbl4">4</cr></cross-ref> some text <cross-ref><cr
>> refid="MEPRtbl1">Tables 1</cr> and <cr
>> refid="MEPRtbl2">2</cr></cross-ref> some text <cross-ref><cr
>> refid="MEPRtbl1">Table1</cr></cross-ref> some text </p>
>>
>> <p>some text <cross-ref><cr refid="MEPRtbl1">1</cr>-<cr
>> refid="MEPRtbl3">3</cr> and  <cr refid="MEPRtbl4">4</cr></cross-ref>
>> some text</p>
>> </links>
>>
>> The required output will be like below:
>>
>> <links>
>> <p>some text  <cross-refs refid="fig2 fig3 fig4">
>> 2-4</cross-refs> some text <cross-refs refid="fig1
>> fig3">Figures 1 and 3</cross-refs> some text</p>
>>
>> <p><cross-refs refid="tbl1 tbl2 tbl3 tbl4">1-4</cross-refs>
>> some text <cross-refs refid="tbl1 tbl2">Tables 1 and
>> 2</cross-refs> some text <cross-ref
>> refid="tbl1">Table1</cross-ref> some text </p>
>>
>> <p>some text <cross-refs refid="tbl1 tbl2 tbl3 tbl4">1-3 and
>> 4</cross-refs> some text</p> </links>
>>
>> Here is the XSL which i have tried. I do not know how to
>> expand the ranges. My style sheet is combining available
>> attributes to single attribute. Please help me in getting
>> ranges expanded.
>>
>> <xsl:template match="cross-ref">
>> <xsl:choose>
>>       <xsl:when test="count(cr) = 1">
>>               <cross-ref refid="{substring-after(cr/@refid,'MEPR')}">
>>                       <xsl:apply-templates/>
>>               </cross-ref>
>>       </xsl:when>
>>       <xsl:otherwise>
>>               <cross-refs>
>>                       <xsl:attribute name="refid">
>>                               <xsl:for-each select="cr">
>>                                       <xsl:value-of
>> select="substring-after(@refid,'MEPR')"/>
>>                                       <xsl:if
>> test="position() != last()">
>>                                               <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
>>                                       </xsl:if>
>>                               </xsl:for-each>
>>                       </xsl:attribute>
>>                       <xsl:apply-templates/>
>>               </cross-refs>
>>       </xsl:otherwise>
>> </xsl:choose>
>> </xsl:template>
>>
>>       <xsl:template match="cr">
>>               <xsl:apply-templates/>
>>       </xsl:template>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ganesh